IBM Blueprints
IBM Blueprints
Hi just wondeirng if anyone has used or evaluated the IBM Innovation Centers "Expense Planning and Control Performance Blueprint " or any other TM1 blueprints ?
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/cog ... nning.html (might need to become a member but free to join)
.. were they useful as a guide/prototype only or was it production quailty (with basic modifications) ?
Cheers
Luka
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/cog ... nning.html (might need to become a member but free to join)
.. were they useful as a guide/prototype only or was it production quailty (with basic modifications) ?
Cheers
Luka
Re: IBM Blueprints
wow no responses ! .. I'll take it that no one has tried them out yet then I suppose ..
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Re: IBM Blueprints
Well, that's part of it.luka wrote:wow no responses ! .. I'll take it that no one has tried them out yet then I suppose ..
Another part is that while I can't speak for others, I for one am just so sodding jaded with the endless runaround of multiple logins and impenetrable navigation practices on the IBM web site that I can't be bothered. According to the Innovation Centre's "Become a Member" page:
OK, fine. So why on earth aren't those people already automatically signed up and allowed access under their existing logins? I can make a guess...Requirements for membership:
Membership is currently extended to IBM customers and partners
For when I went to look at some of the examples, I noted that there was a link to a "Web Demo". On most companies' sites, I would expect that to link to a Web-based demonstration, perhaps an AVI or a Quick Time video or some such. Nope. Up pops an E-Form which, if you're already logged in on one of your many IBM logins, will be pre-populated with your details. Presumably if you submit it, you'll be contacted by a sales rep. Even the Evaluation Guide links, which misleadingly use a .pdf icon suggesting that you'll find something useful at the end of them, lead straight on to the aforementioned e-form.
The most precious resource I have is time. I NEVER have enough of it. That means that when I visit a web site I want to click straight through to the content. The meat. The information that would be useful to me. No e-forms, no multiple logins, no login forms that don't store cookies like IBM's support site (at least I'll never forget my password considering how many times I've had to type it each and every session), no navigating through 12 web pages just to get to a downloads page. Everything that you need to do on an IBM web site is the antithesis of the principle of "don't bore us, get to the chorus".
Trudging through the digital treacle to get to the content just isn't worth the effort IMHO. Considering that all you'll be getting is an "out of the box" solution that will probably only kinda-sorta fit your needs anyway, I think that most experienced users would be better served by just analysing their own needs and building from scratch. Newbies who have to burn up a lot of time getting up the learning curve anyway might find some ideas there, though.
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Re: IBM Blueprints
the forms can be skipped and the "meat" is to be found directly at this link (no forms / multiple sign-ins / download manager nonsense):
http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/p ... atamodels/
http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/p ... lueprints/
Thanks the web designer(s) for being sloppy/lazy
http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/p ... atamodels/
http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/p ... lueprints/
Thanks the web designer(s) for being sloppy/lazy
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Re: IBM Blueprints
We just found out about the TM1 blueprints yesterday. I have downloaded and not trying to get the #$()*&#)(*$ password to the zip files from IBM.
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Re: IBM Blueprints
do you have the password to unzip the files ?rfielden wrote:We just found out about the TM1 blueprints yesterday. I have downloaded and not trying to get the #$()*&#)(*$ password to the zip files from IBM.
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See this post about legal issues. Passwords are part of IP and can't be shared unless already in the public domain.
I'm not certain, but I would imagine that IBM would like you to contact them in order to get the passwords so they know who is using the blueprints.
Martin
I'm not certain, but I would imagine that IBM would like you to contact them in order to get the passwords so they know who is using the blueprints.
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I think that one would come under the following provision of the Legal Issues thread:winsonlee wrote:do you have the password to unzip the files ?rfielden wrote:We just found out about the TM1 blueprints yesterday. I have downloaded and not trying to get the #$()*&#)(*$ password to the zip files from IBM.
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Re: IBM Blueprints
my mistake. i was reading the read-me file that comes together with the zip file and it was mention it is provided for free. So i didn't realize that it will create any legal issue to obtain something which is free. But at the same time I am confused why would IBM password protect the zip file if they are already planning to give it for free ?
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Re: IBM Blueprints
will go through the proper procedure to get the password from IBM.
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Re: IBM Blueprints
Hi All,
I know that password cannot be posted on this forum. But, if someone has a password, can you please let us know the procedure you followed in order to get it? Maybe you emailed to / called IBM to get the password?
Awaiting your response,
Thanks!
I know that password cannot be posted on this forum. But, if someone has a password, can you please let us know the procedure you followed in order to get it? Maybe you emailed to / called IBM to get the password?
Awaiting your response,
Thanks!
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Finding the right person in IBM can be a struggle but, if you are a business partner I suggest try your IBM Parter Manager or make an enquiry via partnerworld.hunterforcognos wrote:I know that password cannot be posted on this forum. But, if someone has a password, can you please let us know the procedure you followed in order to get it?
Thanks!
If you are a customer then ask your IBM\Cognos account manager who should be able to point you in the right direction.
FWIW, I looked at the Cognos Express\TM1 blueprints a couple of years ago and they were bad (eg doing hierarchies as rules). If customers used them as a basis for a live system or as an indication of best practice they would end up with very poor results. On the other hand, they may have been improved now...
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Thanks Stephen.
I finally managed to get in touch with a person at IBM and have emailed them. Hopefully, will be able to use the blueprints in sometime and hope that IBM has improved / revised their blueprints than before.
I finally managed to get in touch with a person at IBM and have emailed them. Hopefully, will be able to use the blueprints in sometime and hope that IBM has improved / revised their blueprints than before.
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Re: IBM Blueprints
I'd love to skim read the blueprints. But like Alan so eloquently put it, navigating through the maze of logins and links on the IBM site is harder than finding your way though Hampton Court Maze. And then you have to get the password.
I wonder if it is just part of a recruitment test for the intelligence services?
I wonder if it is just part of a recruitment test for the intelligence services?
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Re: IBM Blueprints
You need to take the "blueprints", and I use the term loosely, with a grain of salt. They are OK, but if I was in charge at IBM I would be embarrased. Anyone with a few years of TM1 experience can run circles around the stuff in them. The rules code is sloppy and poorly documented.